7.05.2007

Does anyone want to buy a house? A car? A flatscreen TV? We're Moving to England, baby!

FINALLY! After all the opaque references to "things are happening, related to England, but of which I cannot speak..." etc etc. I can finally spill the beans. This has to be short, as I am again "oop north" on another spotty connection, but here it is in haiku like format.

Wally woo here proud father to the Squidge. I was just catching up on All things Squidge that are currently going on over in MA when I got sidetracked by your news. Congratulations! I hope you are pleased with your decision. As a resident of the "House of Squidge" in sunny, ok let's face it, rainy, Manchester. I would like to welcome you aboard, after all misery loves company !!!If you need any advice about life in the People's Republic of Mancunia just ask LindyLoo we'll be glad to help. We did the same thing a couple of years ago. There are three of us in the house at Squidge corner 2 Brits, 2 Americans and 2 Portuguese so we have a wealth of experience to share.

you'd better believe I'll still be blogging in England--hopefully more consistently too. After all, I must bore you all to tears with the long and drawn out saga of *moving back* *euphoria* *regret* *resignation* *contentment* (my prediction, at least)

YAY! I win! Gingajoy is mine all mine, even if she's going be up north and I'm down south, dagnammit I shall still visit her and feed her Marmite and Custard Creams. Congratulations, Joy, this is so exciting!

Congratulations, Joy. I visited Manchester once and thought it a cool city. Very progressive in its green agenda--I guess trying to divorce itself from that ole heart of the industrial revolution past.

Oh PS, Wallace & Gromit are from Yorkshire - you really don't want to go making references like that when you're in Manchester, the old War of the Roses thing still runs pretty strong (although not as bad as the North/South divide which I have also discovered, being a Southerner) :)

Joy!!! Congratulations!!! You'll find a hosting provider in Manchester, right? We won't have to go too long without your blog? That is so amazing!

When you have your massive garage sale to sell all the things you don't want to pay per pound to ship over there, would you let me know? You know how much I love garage sales! :) Gah! I am going to MISS YOU! We MUST have a playdate, a Coldstone get-together, and a Panera coffee and bagel date if we can before you leave! *sniff* I'm getting all choked up here. Sorry.

congratulations! what an opportunity for your family. best of luck with everything. i wish i could just sell off the entire contents of my house when we move, even though we'll still be in the same state...

The Hamptons Real Estate Market has changed a lot in recent years, the one thing that remains consistent here is that the homes are all luxury designs with amenities that most in this particular market expect. Although, it might be as true for some of the more local and year round residential properties. Anyway, nice post.